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Police: Dutchman confesses to killing Lima woman

LIMA, Peru -- Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teen in Aruba, has confessed to killing a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room. A police spokesman said Van der Sloot admitted under questioning Monday that he killed 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30. Peruvian media reported that Van der Sloot killed Flores in a rage after learning she looked up information about his past on his laptop.

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